Experiments

#SerendipityRun
This idea comes out of a lot of work Innovator-in-Residence Jer Thorp has been doing that considers how people find stuff in the Library’s collection. If you know exactly what you’re looking for, finding things isn’t too hard; but if you come to the collection just to amble around in curiosity, paths are limited. The goal of the #SerendipityRun is to find as many...

Innovator-in-Residence Jer Thorp
Illustration by Becca Farrow During his time with us, data artist Jer Thorp decides to flip the script: putting people instead of data first, and being as public as possible with his process.

Calling All Storytellers
In the Experiments section of Labs, we’ll share the results of our partnerships with writers, programmers, artists, and researchers creating playful and engaging works with our collections.